Find A Grave - Hessen

, Saint Tassilo
Saint. He was the Duke of Bavaria and a great patron of monasteries. Tassilo spent many years founding churches and monasteries before becoming a monk in France. Died in Germany around 794 AD and his Feast Day is December 13th. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
Kloster Lorsch, Lorsch, Bergstraße, Hessen, Germany
Adorno, Theodor W. b. September 11, 1903 d. August 6, 1969
Philosopher. He wrote on Sociology and Musicology. Among his works are "The Culture Industry," "Aesthetic Teory," "Critical Models, "Philosophie der neuen Musik," "Klangfiguren," "Aspekte der Hegel'schen Philosophie," and a book about composer Gustav Mahler. His last work was "Minima Morialia." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Plot: Gewann K, Number 119
Alice of Saxe-Coburg b. April 25, 1843 d. December 14, 1878
British Royalty. Grand Duchess of Hesse. Born Alice Maud Mary, she was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was a happy, artistic girl who grew into a serious-minded woman, loyal and dependable. She single-handedly nursed her father during his fatal bout of typhoid in 1861. Alice married grand duke Ludwig of Hesse on July 1, 1862 at Osborne House, the royal family's estate on the Isle of Wight. Though the couple had many happy times, it became apparent...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Cause of death: Diptheria
Mausoleum auf der Rosenhöhe (New), Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Alzheimer, Alois b. June 14, 1864 d. December 19, 1915
German Medical Pioneer. He was the physician who first reported on a patient with dementia, later termed as "Alzheimer's Disease." Born Aloysius Alzheimer in Marktbreit, Bavaria (now a part of Germany), his father served in the office of the local Notary Public. Young Alzheimer attended universities in Aschaffenburg, Tübingen, Berlin and Wuerzburg, where he received his medical degree in 1887. He began his internship working with the mentally ill, then began working for the city mental...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: renal failure
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Bonifatius, Wynfrith b. 673 d. June 5, 754
Missionary, murdered near Dokkum, Friesland Missionary. Saint Boniface (c. 672 - 5 June 754), the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith at Crediton in Devon, England, was the most important missionary and church reformer in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century. In addition, he was archbishop in Mainz. He was martyred near Dokkum in Frisia.
Cause of death: Murdered
Dom St. Salvator & Bonifatius Church, Fulda, Fulda, Hessen, Germany
Plot: buried beneath the church
Crass, Franz b. February 9, 1928 d. June 23, 2012
Opera Singer. A bass, he shall be remembered primarily for his Wagnerian interpretations. Born at Wipperfurth he was raised in the Rhine region of Germany, received his musical training at Wiesbaden and Cologne, and won several local competitions prior to his 1954 professional bows at Krefeld and in the chorus of Wagner's Bayreuth Festspielhaus. Crass became a company member at Hannover in 1956 and was gradually to build his repertoire of Wagnerian roles including Heinrich der Vogler on "...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Alter Friedhof, Hochheim am Main, Main-Taunus, Hessen, Germany
Dyba, Johannes b. September 15, 1929 d. July 23, 2000
Archbishop and Military Bishop of Germany.
Dom St. Salvator & Bonifatius Church, Fulda, Fulda, Hessen, Germany
Plot: buried beneath the church
Ehrlich, Paul b. March 14, 1854 d. August 20, 1915
Bacteriologist, physician and drug researcher. In 1908 he received the Nobel prize for medicine together with Elie Metchnikoff. 1910 he discovered the serum "Salvarsan" for the treatment of syphilis. He founded and directed an institute for medicine and serum research in Berlin that was later transferred to Frankfurt/Main and continues as the government institute "Paul Ehrlich Institut" today. His
picture is on the 200 DM note of late German currency.
Alter Jüdischer Friedhof, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Elisabeth of Thuringia b. 1207 d. November 17, 1231
Roman Catholic Saint. Also known as Saint Elisabeth of Hungary. Landgravine of Thuringia. Daughter of King Andrew II. of Hungary and his first wife Gertrude of Andechs-Meran. Several saints belonged to her family. Saint Hedwig was her mothers sister and St. Isabel of Portugal was her great-niece. At the age of four she was betrothed to son of the thuringian Landgrave named Hermann and was send to Thuringia to be tutored there. Her future husband died in 1216 and her father in law in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Elisabethkirche, Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
Gentner-Fischer, Else b. September 5, 1883 d. April 26, 1943
Opera Singer. Based primarily at the Frankfurt Opera, she had a roughly 30-year career during which she was best known for the dramatic soprano repertoire. Raised in Frankfurt, she studied at that city's Hoch Conservatory and in 1905 made her professional debut at Mannheim; that same year, she married tenor Karl Gentner (deceased 1922). In 1907 she made her debut with the Frankfurt Opera and was to remain a fixture there until her 1935 retirement. Initially singing small parts, she gradually...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Gribble, Capt. Julian Royds b. January 5, 1897 d. November 25, 1918
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Kassel (urban), Hessen, Germany
Plot: III. F. 4.
Herrhausen, Alfred b. January 30, 1930 d. 1989
Speaker of Board of Managing Directors of Deutsche Bank AG. Was bombed by RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion) terrorists in Bad Homburg, Germany.
Cause of death: Bombed
Waldfriedhof, Bad Homburg, Hochtaunuskreis, Hessen, Germany
Plot: Where old part of Waldfriedhof borders the new part
Hindenburg, Paul von b. October 2, 1847 d. August 2, 1934
German Army Field Marshal, German President. Born in Posen, East Prussia (now part of Poland), he served as a junior officer in the Prussian military wars with Austria in 1866 and with France in 1870 to 1871. In 1896, he became a General, but retired in 1911. When World War I began in 1914, he was recalled to active duty, and became commander of the German Eighth Army, with General Erich Ludendorff as his Chief of Staff. The pair of men worked well together, and held the German Army together...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Elisabethkirche, Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
Koth, Erika b. September 15, 1927 d. February 21, 1989
Opera Singer. A coloratura soprano who performed the full repertoire of her range, she is best remembered for singing the works of Mozart and Richard Strauss. Following study at the Darmstadt College of Music, and winning a 1947 radio competition, she made her professional debut as Philine in Ambrose Thomas' "Mignon" at Kaiserslauten in 1948. After gaining experience at the National Theatre of Karlsruhe between 1950 and 1953, Koth made her debut with the Munich State Opera (where she remained...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Alter Friedhof, Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Cécile b. October 10, 1817 d. September 25, 1853
Wife of composer Felix Mendelssohn. Born Cécile Sophie Charlotte Jeanrenaud, she was the daughter of a French Protestant minister who settled in Frankfurt, Germany. She sang with Frankfurt's St. Cecilia Choir and was also a talented amateur artist. Mendelssohn met her in May 1836 during a short visit to that city, and was soon writing to his family of a young woman with "most bewitching deep blue eyes" with whom he was "dreadfully in love". He confided his feelings in one of his "Songs Without...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Plot: Jeanrenaud Family Plot
Neckermann, Josef b. June 5, 1912 d. January 13, 1992
He was the founder and owner of the very successful German mail order company Neckermann AG and also an accomplished and successful horseman and founder of the "Deutsche Sporthilfe" (German Sport Support).
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Of Brandenburg, Hedwig Sophie b. July 4, 1623 d. June 16, 1683
Nobility, Landgravine of Hessen-Kassel. The daughter of Elector Georg Wilhelm and his wife Elisabeth Charlotte of Simmern was born in Berlin. In 1649 she married Landgrave Wilhelm VI of Hessen-Kassel in Cölln. She bore him seven children, including Philipp who became Landgrave of Hessen-Philippsthal, Charlotte Amalie who was married to Christian V of Denmark and [Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Church of St. Martin, Kassel, Kassel (urban), Hessen, Germany
Polignac, Camille Armond Jules Marie Prince de b. February 16, 1832 d. November 15, 1913
Civil War Confederate Major General. He was a native Frenchman who served in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States. He was one of the highest ranking foreigners to serve, and had a distinguished career. He had previously served in the Crimean War (1854 to 1855), and he later commanded a division in the Franco-Prussian War (1870 to 1871). He died in Paris, but is buried with his wife's family in Germany. When he passed away, he was the last surviving Confederate Major General.
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Plot: Garten und Friedhofsamt, Hauptfreidhol Gruft #30 (large abovegroundcrypt building)
Raff, Joachim b. May 27, 1822 d. June 25, 1882
Composer. A notable exponent of German Romanticism, he created an individual style by applying Baroque contrapuntal techniques to illustrative program music. His best known works are his Symphony No. 5, "Lenore" (1872), and the popular "Cavatina" for violin and piano. Born to German parents in Lachen, Switzerland, Raff was largely self-taught in music. Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Hans von Bulow recognized his early gifts, and through the latter he formed a friendship with his idol, Franz...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Richthofen, Manfred von b. May 2, 1892 d. April 21, 1918
World War I German Fighter Ace. He was born into an aristocratic Prussian military family. He began World War I in the cavalry before transferring into the Air Service. He received Germany's highest military honor, the medal "Pour le Merite," after receiving 24 confirmed enemy plane "kills." His highest promotion was that of Rittmeister (Cavalry Captain). His squadron became noted for it's brightly colored planes, nicknamed "The Flying Circus." Richthofen's plane was mostly painted red which...[Read More]
Südfriedhof Cemetery, Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany
Plot: West of the main entrance in the Westhain section

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